True Love Comics Tales: 1990s

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

WITHIN OUR REACH "Gift of the Magi"

It's a Yuletide love story that never gets stale...

...as it continues, with each retelling, to demonstrate what the "Spirit of Christmas" really is!

Adapted (with very few changes) from the classic O Henry short story and illustrated by comic creative P Craig Rusell for the benefit comic Star*Reach's Within Our Reach (1991), a Christmas charity benefit book with proceeds going equally to AmFAR and Sempervirens.

The book was also Star*Reach Publishing's final project under their own imprint.

The company continued as a packaging studio for various comics publishers through the 1990s.

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Yule (sorry, couldn't resist) Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

BARBIE "Designing Woman"

In 1991, Marvel/Star (the "young readers" line) introduced two titles about Barbie...

Barbie (without Ken in the title as the first comic had done)...

...and Barbie Fashion!
(Both covers by John Romita Sr)

Unlike the 1960s Dell comic, these books didn't use the concept that Barbie was a doll whom little fan club girls told tales about, but portrayed her and her friends and relatives (including Ken, Christie, Midge, and little sister Skipper) as straightforward comic book characters.
Both titles had healthy half-decade runs, but have never been reprinted.
Here's a tale from #10 (1991), which includes some rather pointed insights into haute couture, written by Lisa Trusiani, penciled by James Brock and inked by Roy Richardson...

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Another Never-Reprinted Story About Barbie!
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Barbie and Ruth

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Halloween HeartBreak YOAKE NO VAMPIRE Conclusion

The once-loving vampiric "family" of Louis, Lestat, and Claudia is falling apart...

...in the conclusion of this manga adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire!
Note: Since it's Japanese (though translated), read it right-to-left, not left-to-right as is standard for Western comics!